Water heater flameout: cleaning the electrode
My five-year-old Suburban water heater started to act up: it would light, and then go out, and relight, and go out, several times, until it would finally start to burn steadily. I did the usual Googl...
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profdant139 wrote:OK, ? suspect restriction in the heat exchanger tube, like a mud dobber nest. That would cause a backpressure air flow that would cause the flame to blow back until the tube is heated enough to create draft. ?
SDcamper, we found that this was happening even at sea level, so I ruled out the air supply issue. But if this re-occurs, I will have to play around with the intake.
